Weston McCary believes that preserving and conserving groundwater, particularly with the High Plains aquifer system, is a marathon, not a sprint. McCary, technology projects coordinator with the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Agriculture is receiving $25 million to support the High Plains Aquifer.. Governor Laura Kelly announced that the KDA is receiving funds from the U.S ...

Nearly 70 percent of the groundwater stored in parts of the United States' High Plains Aquifer — a vast underground reservoir that stretches through eight states, from South Dakota to Texas, and ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – The Ogallala Aquifer has fueled irrigation systems essential for the High Plains to stand resilient against historic drought conditions throughout the last century ...

Millions of years ago, sediment from the Rocky Mountains was deposited in the High Plains. Over thousands of years, water dripped below the surface creating an underground water deposit called the ...

Following several years of dry land and hardly any rainfall, farmers like Simpson in the High Plains are depending more on the aquifer. And that has consequences that are coming into focus.